Pneumococcal Revaccination

Product information. Pneumovax-23 (pneumococcal vaccine polyvalent). West Point, PA: Merck Sharp & Dohme, April 1986

Product information. PnuImmune (pneumococcal vaccine polyvalent). Pearl River, NY: Lederle Laboratories, November 1985.

Linnemann CC Jr. , First MR , Schiffman G ,. Revaccination of renal transplant and hemodialysis recipients with pneumococcal vaccine. Arch Intern Med 1986; 146: 1554–6.

Centers for Disease Control. Update: pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine usage — United States. MMWR 1984; 33: 273–81.

Bolan G , Broome CV , Facklam RR , Plikaytis BD , Fraser DW , Schlech WF III , Pneumococcal vaccine efficacy in selected populations in the United States. Ann Intern Med 1986; 104: 1–6.

Lawrence EM , Edwards KM , Schiffman G , Thompson JM , Vaughn WK , Wright PF . Pneumococcal vaccine in normal children: primary and secondary vaccination. Am J Dis Child 1983; 137: 846–50.

Weintrub PS , Schiffman G , Addiego JE Jr. Long-term follow-up and booster immunization with polyvalent pneumococcal polysaccharide in patients with sickle-cell anemia. J Pediatr 1984; 105: 261–3.

Giebink GS , Le CT , Schiffman G. Decline of serum antibody in splenectomized children after vaccination with pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides. J Pediatr 1984; 105: 576–82.

Hilleman MR , Carlson AJ Jr. , Mclean AA , Vella PP , Weibel RE , Woodhour AF ,. Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide vaccine: age and dose responses, safety, persistence of antibody, revaccination, and simultaneous administration of pneumococcal and influenza vaccines. Rev Infect Dis 1981; 3: S31–42.

Schwartz JS . Pneumococcal vaccine: clinical efficacy and effectiveness. Ann Intern Med 1982; 96: 208–20.

Kafidi KT , Rotschafer JC . Bacterial vaccines for splenectomized patients. Drug Intell Clin Pharm 1988; 22: 192–7.

American College of Physicians. Pneumococcal vaccine. Ann Intern Med 1986; 104: 118–20.